| LC control no. | n 2010160300 |
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| Personal name heading | Stockslager, S. M. (Strother Madison), 1842-1930 |
| Variant(s) | Stockslager, Strother Madison, 1842-1930 Stockslager, Mr. (Strother Madison), 1842-1930 Stockslager, Strother M. (Strother Madison), 1842-1930 Stockslager, Strother (Strother Madison), 1842-1930 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Indiana Washington (D.C.) |
| Birth date | 1842-05-07 |
| Death date | 1930-06-01 |
| Place of birth | Mauckport (Ind.) |
| Field of activity | Law United States--Politics and government |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. House United States. General Land Office Indiana. General Assembly. Senate Indiana University Corydon High School (Ind.) |
| Profession or occupation | Teachers Lawyers Legislators Editors Politicians |
| Found in | NUCMC data from Arkansas History Commission for His Letter, 1881 (S.M. Stockslager; U.S. General Land Office official) LC database, Mar. 10, 2010 (old cat hdg.: Stockslager, Strother Madison,1842- ; usage: S.M. Stockslager; U.S. Representative from Indiana) Online Bio. dir. of U.S. Congress, viewed Mar. 10, 2010 (Strother Madison Stockslager; b. in Mauckport, Harrison County, Ind., on 7 May 1842; teacher, Union Army officer, Harrison County public official; lawyer; Indiana state legislator; editor of the Corydon Democrat; U.S. Representative (1881-1885); assistant commissioner and then commissioner of the General Land Office; and a practicing lawyer in Washington, D.C., until his death on 1 June 1930) Anna Craig, 1884: p. 1 (Mr. Stockslager, from the Committee on Pensions) United States House of Representatives (website), viewed April 3, 2023: Stockslager, Strother Madison (Stockslager, Strother Madison, a Representative from Indiana; born in Mauckport, Harrison County, Ind., May 7, 1842; attended the common schools, Corydon High School, and Indiana University at Bloomington; taught school; served in the Union Army during the Civil War as second lieutenant and captain in the Thirteenth Indiana Volunteer Cavalry, which he had assisted to organize; was mustered out as captain and returned to Mauckport; deputy county auditor of Harrison County 1866-1868; deputy county clerk of Harrison County 1868-1870; appointed by President Andrew Johnson as assessor of internal revenue in 1867, but was not confirmed by the United States Senate; studied law; was admitted to the bar in Corydon, Ind., in 1871 and practiced in Indiana and Kentucky; member of the State senate 1874-1878; editor of the Corydon Democrat 1879-1882; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1881-March 3, 1885); chairman, Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds (Forty-eighth Congress); was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1884 to the Forty-ninth Congress; resumed the practice of law in Corydon; appointed assistant commissioner of the General Land Office on October 1, 1885, and commissioner on March 27, 1888; resigned March 4, 1889, but remained in charge until June 20, 1889; continued the practice of law in Washington, D.C.; was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for election in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1896; served as legal expert in the Department of Labor in 1918; resumed the practice of law in Washington, D.C., until his death there on June 1, 1930; interment in Arlington National Cemetery.) <https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/S/STOCKSLAGER,-Strother-Madison-(S000938)/> |
| Associated language | eng |
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